My Left Foot

...BROWN. Sheridan has personally been nominated six times, for writing the screenplay of IN AMERICA; for writing, directing, and producing the best-picture nominee IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER; and for writing and directing MY LEFT FOOT. --©...

In this article: Brothers, Academy Awards, Jim Sheridan, Tobey Maguire, Sam Shepard, Natalie Portman, and Jake Gyllenhaal

...out there who might.) But consider some of those who are asking you to take a leap of faith with them: Sheridan, a master storyteller of such power -- remember "In the Name of the Father" or "My Left Foot"? Jackson, the true lord of...

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...this biopic from "Monsoon Wedding" director Mira Nair. "Brothers": "My Left Foot" director Jim Sheridan leads Jake Gyllenhaal, Tobey Maguire and Natalie Portman in a modern war story. "Broken Embraces": Writer-director Pedro Almodovar has...

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...A Room with a View (1985). But he came to widespread attention with his role as a paraplegic poet in Jim Sheridan's My Left Foot in 1989 which won him numerous awards, including The Academy Award for best actor. Other notable movies include...

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...aggressive. He becomes a champion of artistic temperament and defiant selfhood. Like nearly all of Sheridan's movies, "My Left Foot" is a zesty odyssey. Part of what makes the picture great is that it's never abstract or conventionally...

In this article: Christy Brown, Jim Sheridan, Towson University, Scrooge, Charles Dickens, Disney, Cerebral palsy, and Robert Zemeckis

...and became a writer and artist. The film also stars Ray McAnally, Brenda Fricker, Fiona Shaw, Julie Hale, Alison Whelan, Kirsten Sheridan, Declan Croghan, Eanna MacLiam, Marie Conmee and Cyril Cusack. It was adapted by Shane Connaughton...

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...Jim Sheridan reigned supreme. His films, including My Left Foot, The Field, In the Name of the Father, and The Boxer, gave international audiences a look at the 'troubled' country he grew up in. A move to the US inspired his last great...

In this article: Jim Sheridan, Robert De Niro, Oscar, Laurence Fishburne, Giuseppe Tornatore, Marcello Mastroianni, and Tobey Maguire

With a pedigreed director like Sheridan ("In America," "My Left Foot"), the movie would accomplish the goal of branching Craig out into a more prestige direction post-"Quantum" while keeping him in the realm of the commercial. Like...

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